S.D/T. Flora Taylor LT239 (Seasonal)

“Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham”

Technical

Official Number:140844
Yard Number: 15
Completed: 1920
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.0 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: Elliott & Garrood Ltd, Beccles
Built: J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1919: Launched by J. W. Brooke & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.15) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as MOONSET.
10.2.1920: Completed as a fishing vessel.
20.10.1920: Transferred to The Fishery Board for Scotland, Edinburgh for disposal.
1920: Sold to Alexander B. Taylor, Peterhead for £5,250 under HM Treasury mortgage agreement (Disposal of Admiralty Drifters to Ex-service Fishermen).
9.11.1920: Registered at Peterhead (Part IV) as FLORA TAYLOR (PD444).
10.11.1920: Registered at Peterhead (Part I) O.N.140844. Alexander B. Taylor designated managing owner (John D. Irvin, North Shields, managing agent).
1923: Sold to John D. Irvin, North Shields. John D. Irvin designated managing owner (R. Hastie & Sons Ltd managing agents).
4.3.1925: Fishing about six miles E of Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham (Sk. Arthur Hunn) picked up mine in trawl. With some difficulty taken onboard and returned to North Shields to await disposal instructions.
11.8.1927: Fishing some some twenty miles NE of Tyne (Sk. T. Hadaway), brought up mine in trawl. Horns of mine were torn away and shell riddled with bullet holes. Returned to Tyne to have mine disposed of by Admiralty. Directed to buoy in river and red flag hoisted.
20.3.1930: Sold to Thomas Thorburn Irvin Jnr, Aberdeen. Thomas Thorburn Irving Jnr designated managing owner.
26.2.1930: Reported that a company had been formed in London (William Arthur Bennett, chairman, Thomas Thorburn Irvin, managing director) to exploit the fishing opportunities in the Davies Strait, Greenland, particularly halibut. The company was to use motor dories and steam liners to catch the fish and a refrigerated parent ship to freeze the catches. On return to UK, after four to five months, the fish would be defrosted as required to meet market demand. 5.1930: At North Shields, with steam trawlers, ETHEL IRVIN (A355), ELSWICK (A97), FORT JAMES (A818), FORT WILLIAM (GY712), FLORENCE DOMBEY (A264), IRVIN (SN21), FLORA TAYLOR (PD444), SAXON (SN22), AUDREY (SN38), NELLIE WILSON (SN108) and drifter CONSOLATION (BK5), converted for great lining and other modifications in preparation for a halibut line fishing expedition in Greenland waters. FORT JAMES and ETHEL IRVIN to be manned by Aberdeen crews, the remainder by Norwegians with Tyneside engineers. The refrigerated steamer NORTHLAND, 5155grt/1903 (LO29) (Capt.Williams) will act as parent ship for the fleet and the catches will be transferred to her for preparation and refrigeration. NORTHLAND will also fish for cod, the livers to be processed and the fish filleted and salted, waste fish trimmings to be reduced to fish meal. Captain Thorsen of Brevik, Norway will act as leader of the expedition and direct the whole of the fishing operations.
17.5.1930: Sailed North Shields in company with eight other trawlers for Greenland fishing grounds.
10.1930: Returned to Aberdeen.
11.1930: Sold to Reginald V. Gouldby (32/64) & Arthur C. Gouldby (32/64), Lowestoft.
26.11.1930: Peterhead registry closed.
28.11.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT239). Reginald V. Goulby designated managing owner.
1931: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood (New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd, managing agent).
14.5.1934: Inwards for Fleetwood, while steaming across Morecambe Bay, deckhand George Harper sustained a broken leg when caught by a door in the heavy swell. On arrival transported to hospital.
3.7.1934: Disabled with machinery problem, steam drifter INSPIRATION (LT1211) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
3.4.1939: Sold to Mrs Lily E. Gouldby, Lowestoft.
Pre 1943-1945: Seasonal white fish trawling out of Fleetwood.
23.7.1943: Typical wartime landing. 93 kits – hake-41, cod/codling-22, haddock-6, whiting-6, flats-7, roker-7, gurnard-2, sole & prime-2.
26.1.1946: Sailed Fleetwood for fishing grounds (Sk. Kenneth Thompson).
29.1.1946: Skipper received a message asking him to return to his dying mother’s bedside. Returned to Fleetwood.
10.7.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood.
18.7.1952: Cook, Arthur Wright (45), fell in Wire Dock and drowned.
3.10.1952: Sold to Gordon D. Claridge, Lowestoft.
4.1954: Sold for breaking up under White Fish Authority “scrap & build” programme.
30.7.1954: Lowestoft registry closed.
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S.T. Flora Taylor LT239

S.T. Flora Taylor LT239
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Changelog

24/03/2010: Page published. 4 updates since then.
01/07/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
25/06/2020: Information updated.

S.T. Epagneul F806

In (Parkes) Fleetwood ownership, did not fish from the port

Technical

Official Number: 113609
Yard Number: 281
Completed: 1901
Gross Tonnage: 191
Net Tonnage: 80
Length: 110.7 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.2 ft
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

1901: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.281) for Peter Hancock, Milford & Walter F. Harris, Hull as MAUDE.
5.1901 Completed.
25.5.1901: Registered at Hull (H527).
15.8.1901: Sold to France.
16.8.1901: Hull registry closed.
1902: Sold to M. Louis Bigot, Lorient. Registered at Lorient as LORAINTAIS (L232).
1902: Re-measured 33,73 x 6,40 x 3,41 metres – 183g 58n.
1903: Sold to Le Chalutier à Vapeur Lorientais, Lorient.
1905: Sold to M. Mallet, Lorient.
1908: New boiler fitted.
1910: Sold to Marine Francaise and converted to a minesweeper.
2.4.1914: At Boulogne as a training ship.
27.8.1919: Auctioned at Brest but failed to reach reserve.
9.1919: Sold by private treaty to M. Noblanc, Lorient for F152,000.
16.2.1920: Taken in hand for refurbishment to return to fishing. Delays.
6.1920: Sold to André & Henry Ledun, Fécamp for conversion to a drifter. Lorient registry closed.
17.8.1920: Registered at Fécamp as MAURICE et JEAN (F445).
7.1925: Sold to Soc. Anon. de Pêche et d’Armement, Dieppe. Fécamp registry closed.
1.9.1925: Registered at Dieppe as MADELEINE et MADELEINE (DI937).
23.12.1925: In a seaway, Ch. Eng. Alexis Lhorset, lost his balance and fell into engine crank and died as a result of injuries.
5.9.1926: Laid up.
1.7.1927: Sold to Augustin Le Borgne et Cie, Honfleur.
1928: Refitted as a drifter/trawler (Desnos, Lebreton et Tourasse, Dieppe, agents).
1929: Dieppe registry closed. Registered at Honfleur as EPAGNEUL (HO828).
1929-1936: Took part in herring fishery.
1931: Returned to trawling out of season otherwise laid up at Honfleur or Fécamp between herring seasons.
10.1936: Sold to Jean Prentout, Fécamp placed under Charles Prentout ownership. Honfleur registry closed. Registered at Fécamp (F806). Laid up.
1938: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool. Fécamp registry closed.
4.1938: Sold to German shipbreakers.
6.4.1938: Sailed Fécamp under “English flag” to Germany.

Changelog
13/03/2010: Page published.
08/07/2020: Information updated.

S.D/T. Acorn KY194 (Seasonal)

Seasonal Visitor
Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4133
Yard Number: 547
Official Number: 137618
Gross Tonnage: 96.45
Net Tonnage: 40.70
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Depth: 9.25 ft
Engine: 270ihp T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.547) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PAMPERO (Ad.No.4133).
10.1919: Sold to Arthur James Larner (64/64), Caister on Sea.
1.11.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
15.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth (Part I & IV) as EDALBA O.N.137618 (YH218).
26.11.1919: Sold to Edward A. Baker (48/64), Gt. Yarmouth & Arthur James Larner (16/64), Caister on Sea. Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
20.5.1922: Sold to E. A. Baker (64/64), Gt. Yarmouth.
21.9.1922: Sold to Martin Gardner, H. Gardner, D. Carstairs, Cellardyke & W. Wilson, North Shields.
16.10.1922: Yarmouth registry closed.
10.1922: Registered at Kirkcaldy as ACORN (KY194).
By 1939: Sold to Agnes & Thomas Gardner, Cellardyke.
23.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service. Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil Arthur Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
7.1946: Returned to owner.
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. Kirkcaldy registry closed. Registered at Gdynia as SYLWERIUSZ (GDY114).
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
23.5.1949: Sold to R. C. Cook, A. W. Eastoe, R. H. Colby, Lowestoft & J. Odde, East Molsey. Gdynia registry closed.
27.7.1949: Registered at Lowestoft as ACORN (LT31).
1952: Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood.
13.5.1952: Last landing at Fleetwood.
7.9.1954: Sold to Percy William Sutton, Gt. Yarmouth.
16.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Co Ltd, Halifax, NS. Paul Stockhammer, London designated manager. Lowestoft registry closed.
21.9.1954: Registered at Halifax, NS.
23.9.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Canada (Sk. Ivan Down) in Company with motor trawler BOSTON SWIFT (‘H’11), calling Stornoway to top up with bunker coal. 13.10.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS in tow of BOSTON SWIFT with depleted bunkers.
1975: Broken up at Halifax, NS.

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S.T. Acorn LT31

S.T. Acorn LT31
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Changelog

11/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
30/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
08/06/2019: Minor information update.

S.D/T. Constant Star LT1158 (Seasonal)

Copyright 2010 © by Barry Banham.

Technical

Official Number: 132943
Yard Number: 510
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 98.46
Net Tonnage: 43.13
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Depth: 9.3 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 210bhp T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees.

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.510) for The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft as CONSTANT STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1158).
29.12.1907: Completed. George Catchpole designated manager.
5.8.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence drifter. Based Scapa.
2.7.1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft (Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft).
Late 1920s/1930s: Seasonal trawling from Milford and Fleetwood (Lowestoft Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft, managing agent).
4.4.1929: Explosion in boiler room whilst off Blackpool. ELIE NESS (LT1259) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
26.6.1932: On Small’s ground foremast broke.
14.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an examining vessel/minesweeper (Hire rate £25.10.0d/month).
20.11.1939: Returned to owner.
10.11.1940: In heavy seas off Pembrokeshire coast suffered damage.
21.11.1940: Struck wall at Milford damaging stem and bow plating.
29.11.1942: Sold to Owen David Purdy, Hakin.
18.1.1946: Sold to Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven. Henry J. Harwood designated manager.
25.11.1946: Sold to Fred.J. Ingram (22/64); Trevor Ingram (21/64) and Alan Packman (21/64), Milford Haven.
12.1948: Laid up at Milford.
20.4.1949: Sold to William Foreman, Peterhead. Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1949: Registered at Peterhead (PD38). Joseph Reid designated manager.
12.1954: Peterhead registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1955: Sold for breaking up.
1955: Lowestoft registry closed

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S/D.T. Constant Star LT1158

S/D.T. Constant Star LT1158
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S.D/T. Constant Star PD38

S.D/T. Constant Star PD38
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S.T. Constant Star LT1158

S.T. Constant Star LT1158
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Changelog
11/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
23/02/2016: Picture added.
29/06/2018: Removed FMHT watermarks from images.
30/08/2021: Updated history and technical details.

S.T. Hazeldale (1) BCK104

Technical

Official Number: 99657
Yard Number: 280
Completed: 1894
Gross Tonnage: 97
Net Tonnage: 39
Length: 86.8 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.2 ft
Built: Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Engine: C.2-cyl by Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

1894: Launched as a great liner by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.280) for William Pyper, Aberdeen as NORTH AMERICAN.
5.1894: Completed (William Pyper, managing owner).
22.5.1894: Registered at Aberdeen (A747).
21.1.1897: In collision with steam liner NIGHTINGALE (GW22) sustained slight damage.
1903: Sold to The North Line Steam Fishing Co, Aberdeen (William Pyper, manager).
1903: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.7.1903: Registered at Peterhead (PD485).
1903: Sold to James G. A. Stephen & W. Mackenzie, Peterhead (James G. A. Stephen, managing owner). Converted for drift fishing.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 39.0 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
1919: Sold to Peterhead Trawling Co Ltd, Aberdeen (James G. Adam, manager). Converted for trawling.
1925: Sold to Andrew Wilson Jnr, Buckie.
9.3.1925: Peterhead registry closed.
3.1925: Registered at Buckie as HAZELDALE (BCK104).
1930s: Fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1937: Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up at Preston.
1938: Buckie registry closed.

Changelog
03/03/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.
28/12/2020: Updated history.